The Royal Game
Elke Rehder: Woodcut to the chess story The Royal Game | |
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
|---|---|
| Original title | Schachnovelle |
| Working title | The Royal Game |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novella |
| Publisher | Verlag Pigmalión |
Publication date | 1942 |
| Publication place | Argentina |
The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide. In some editions, the title is used for a collection that also includes "Amok", "Burning Secret", "Fear", and "Letter From an Unknown Woman".